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Essam Yassin Mohammed, WorldFish Director General, Named to Forbes 2025 Sustainability Leaders List
WorldFish19.09.25Dr. Essam Yassin Mohammed, has been named to the 2025 Forbes Sustainability Leaders list. Now…
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IITA-CGIAR scientist named one of Africa Food Prize 2025 laureates for breakthrough in cassava and yam seed systems
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)04.09.25Ibadan, Nigeria – IITA–CGIAR proudly celebrates the recognition of Dr Mercy Diebiru-Ojo as o…
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CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialogues
Multifunctional Landscapes Science Program09.07.25-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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CGIAR, the world’s largest agricultural research partnership, has been officially accredited as an…
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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food Systems
CGIAR29.05.25Photo credit: Calf with trash; Vrindavan, India. Apercoco Since 1974, World Environment Day has mobi…
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Food Policy Priorities for A Changing World
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)28.05.25IFPRI’s 2025 Global Food Policy Report reflects on 50 years of progress and examines priorities…
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Gaza’s worsening food crisis and troubled path to reconstruction
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)27.05.25By Sara Gustafson and Rob Vos May 27, 2025 As the Israel-Hamas conflict rages on in…
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One Health in action: Research by ILRI and partners improves the health of people, animals and the environment
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)01.11.20-
Health
The current coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has brought into sharp focus the interconnectedn…
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Informal food retail in Africa’s cities: governance, politics, policy issues
CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)31.10.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
To mark UN World Cities Day (Oct.31), new PIM Synthesis Brief summarizes recent research on…
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Crop Modeling community of practice
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)30.10.20-
Big data
The Community of Practice on Crop Modeling is part of the CGIAR Platform for Big…
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Aflatoxin rapid detection technology wins Big Data Inspire Challenge 2020
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)30.10.20-
Health
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Nutrition
A little box that can predict the amount of harmful aflatoxin contained in a handful…
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In search of effective support for agricultural mechanization in Africa
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)30.10.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY HIROYUKI TAKESHIMA, XINSHEN DIAO AND PATRICK OHENE ABOAGYE First of a series of blog…
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How to ensure access to healthy diets for all: a clarion call for One CGIAR
CGIAR30.10.20-
Nutrition
Guest blog by Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) At …
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Breaking Ground: Andrea Gardeazábal transforms data into meaningful information
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)29.10.20-
Big data
Andrea Gardeazábal has many titles — Monitor, Evaluation and Learning Manager, ICT for Agricultur…
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Growing cities, growing food insecurity: How to protect the poor during rapid urbanization
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)29.10.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
BY MARIE RUEL The 2020 State of Food and Nutrition Security in the World (SOFI) estimates that…
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Cameroon’s “Bean Sharer”
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)28.10.20After learning about the benefits of improved bean varieties, one woman has singlehandedly taken up…
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Groundwater: Critical for our future
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)28.10.20-
Environmental health
Groundwater makes up one-third of all freshwater use for drinking water supply and half of…
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Reflections on resilience
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)27.10.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
“Most of us here were born and raised in this ward, helping our parents with…
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Behavior change communication in conflict zones: Program leads to improved breastfeeding and water treatment practices in Yemen
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)27.10.20-
Gender equality
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Nutrition
BY SIKANDRA KURDI AND SARAH EDWARDS In the world’s most dangerous conflict zones, a child…
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Young people in Niger explore different forms of agriculture for a better future
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)27.10.20Photo: Fruit tree nursery in the commune of Bande, Zinder, Niger. (B Traore, ICRISAT) nterprises…
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Shining a Brighter Light on Adoption and Diffusion of CGIAR-Related Innovations in Ethiopia
Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service27.10.20Taking a Country-Level Approach to Documenting Diffusion of Agricultural Innovations in Ethiopia Shi…
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Can citizen science help to fill hydrology data gaps in Ethiopia?
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)27.10.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
IWMI conducted a qualitative study to investigate the possibilities of embedding a citizen science a…
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CIMMYT releases its first ever maize genetic resource lines
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)26.10.20The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) is pleased to announce the release o…
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Fodder chopping machines lead to a thriving livestock feed enterprise in rural Niger
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)26.10.20Fodder chopping machines are proving to be a great help to livestock farmers in rural…
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COVID-19 crisis: An opportunity for long-delayed agricultural reforms in India
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)26.10.20-
Food security
BY S. MAHENDRA DEV India’s COVID-19 economic relief package includes a set of important agricultur…
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